Cooperativism
The paradoxes of international aid
Since the signing of the peace agreement in 2016 – almost 9 years ago – a lot of stuff has happened in terms of economic
24 July, 2025
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Road Stories of a Digital Nomad Couple
feminism
Women’s participation at the peace talks in Colombia
the elimination of the different types of violence requires something more than just constitutional, legal or institutional changes. It requires true revolutionary changes that dismantle the basis of exploitation and social exclusion of all human beings.
9 May, 2025
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Palestine
Violence (part 2)
After Hamas attacked Israel, I noticed many people ignoring the long-lasting, structural violence that has been going on against the Palestinians and analyzing this attack as a sudden phenomenon
21 October, 2023
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documentary
The story behind the documentary “Tanja: Diaries of a guerrilla fighter”
I was not excited at first about the proposal, but as he insisted and ex-fighters started to get killed all over the country, I rethought the idea. What if I got killed? Then the only versions of my life would be those told by the BBC, Geen Stijl or RCN television. By then, I hadn’t even considered writing a book so I said yes.
14 September, 2023
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News
Four children found after plane crash
Then another, less positive, idea came up in my mind: under former governments, elite governments, these children would have died. I believe they would have never made such incredible efforts in terms of money and manpower in order to rescue four indigenous children…
10 June, 2023
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Peace
Heartwarming self-criticism
it was heartwarming to hear a government negotiator recognizing exactly what most people fail to recognize – in a completely transparent, selfless and public exercise of self-criticism: most ex-FARC members complied
2 June, 2023
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Reintegration in the Context of Total Peace
This article is an adaption of the original article in Spanish: La reincorporación en el marco de la Paz Total, published in Medina Gallego, C.
25 May, 2023
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The warm water syndrome
People ask me frequently what is the most important lesson I learned during my jungle years. One thing, for sure (although admittedly not the most
4 May, 2023
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